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What you get as a member

​SELECTplus, our industry-leading advisory service for selecting capital equipment and health IT, offers a broad suite of services and tools to help you make safe, cost-effective decisions.

Rate This Model User Reviews—Do you have an opinion about a device or capital solution used at your facility?Are you interested in how your peers rate a particular technology? SELECTplus users can now easily rate models and view other user ratings directly within the Market Analytics tool.

S+ Market Analytics Tool and Capital Budget Builder─Live, on-demand access to member interest graphs and trends, popular models and manufacturers, pricing and discount trends, as well as configuration analyses.View average prices for items in your budget and build a clean, standardized capital equipment wish list online, or request a customized capital budget review from your SELECTplus analyst.

On-line databases and benchmarking services—With over 100,000 unique items in our capital equipment pricing database of average prices paid by hospitals and health systems, you can feel confident negotiating with suppliers

Case Studies

Ryan Beaver, director of supply chain management, St. Clair Hospital, made the decision to integrate ECRI Institute’s full range of decision support solutions and evidence-based clinical analyses into his supply chain workflow. He began to see immediate results.

“We don’t make any technology decisions without checking with ECRI first. They’ve become part of the St. Clair culture,” says Beaver. “Their tremendous resources are invaluable in our battle to control costs while making the smartest, safest technology decisions.”

University of Kentucky HealthCare is an academic medical center with a history of delivering high-quality patient care with up-to-date technology. One of their 11 facilities urgently needed to upgrade all of their physiologic monitoring systems in the emergency room. UK HealthCare wanted to be certain the vendor’s 30% off price quote was a good value for their high-tech systems. Confronted with strict time constraints, UK HealthCare wanted quick verification that they were indeed getting the best price possible.

​Rush-Copley Medical Center needed to replace video-imaging system with a new, more reliable system designed to meet medical center’s specific needs. They wanted to be certain their new video imaging system, a $900,000 capital acquisition, was safe and effective and that they were paying a fair price.

ECRI Institute’s SELECTplus™ Capital Advisory Service provided extensive research to enable a thorough review of the capital expenditure proposal.

Community Hospital, a rural 25-bed critical access hospital, provides advanced care to approximately 30,000 people in southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

Like most critical access hospitals, Community funds a level of technology and quality of care comparable to larger facilities, but its utilization of these technologies, and the subsequent return on investment, are much lower. Each capital budget season, Jon Reiners, Director of Materials Management, struggles to identify every dollar of possible savings across the hospital’s entire capital spend, then enters into tough negotiations with suppliers.

Conemaugh Health System, a physician-led, professionally managed health system in west central Pennsylvania, serves over 500,000 patients annually through its network of hospitals, outpatient care centers, and physician offices.

With supply costs on the rise, Conemaugh realized it needed a more strategic supply chain process—one based on effective use of price benchmarks, comparative analyses of products, and evidence-based technology assessments. It could no longer afford to make buying decisions based on vendor bias or physician preference. It needed accurate, objective data to identify potential savings and gain leverage at the negotiating table.

​We don't make any technology decisions without checking with ECRI first.

Ryan Beaver

Director of Supply Chain Management, St. Clair Hospital

Risk Management Basics is a very useful course that
should be attended by all quality officers or risk managers, as well as
hospital administrators. It helped in creating risk management policies and
plans in my hospital.

​ECRI Institute identified over $500,000 savings for one of my surgery centers and supported materials management with precise detail, system training and negotiation tips.

Terry Bohlke

Vice President of Operations, National Surgical Healthcare

​PriceGuide identified nearly $800,000 in savings on our orthopedic spend. We love the transparency that the tool offers across all vendors' pricing. Information is power!

Michelle Punshon

Administrative Director, Coastal Orthopedics

TruVu allows us to predict the total cost of ownership of equipment, including installation, service, staffing, cybersecurity, and upgrades.

Charlie Miceli, CPM

Vice President and Network Chief Supply Chain Officer, The University of Vermont Health Network

​ECRI institute helped us establish a predictive replacement plan that takes the guesswork out of our capital spending. Now, we are better positioned to make the right purchasing and replacement decisions at the right time.

Geoffrey A. Morgan

Vice President, Expanded Access, Washington Adventist Hospital

​ECRI Institute is a key decision support resource for us in supply chain and ultimately in supporting patient care.

Charlie Miceli, CPM

Vice President and Network Chief Supply Chain Officer, The University of Vermont Health Network

​ECRI
Institute’s technical and market analyses provide our knowledge-base when
sitting down with physicians and clinicians to discuss requested equipment.

Bruce Kehr

Vice President for Supply Chain, Summit Health

​ECRI
Institute has been a significant resource in partnering with us to optimize
costs associated with medical supplies and equipment.

Rita White

Senior Director of Supply Chain, Reading Health System

​ECRI
Institute’s research has also been invaluable to us. Time and resources are
always saved when you have a good roadmap to follow.